Note: As part of the Pass It Forward program, donate used hockey gear to Perth’s Drycleaners during the month of September! They are a charitable program working to outfit deserving youth in equipment. Read more about the program here.
Note II: Tune into the Illegal Curve Hockey Show on TSN 1290 Winnipeg for three hours (9 am until 12 pm) of NHL hockey talk. Today is our Fantasy Hockey preview. Guests: Kevin Woodley (InGoal Magazine), Pete Jensen (Fantasy Insider at NHL.com) and Gus Katsaros (McKeen’s Hockey Director of Analytics & Pro Scouting).
Jets news:
Winnipeg Free Press: Loss shows Jets’ strengths, flaws. (Paywall). While a coach never likes to lose, when you are evaluating talent and combinations, it can still prove valuable.
Winnipeg Free Press: Beware the palace coup, Pavelec. (Paywall). Gary goes medieval in this column as he discusses the need for Pavelec to once again take control of the net.
Winnipeg Free Press: Size just a perk when you have Petan’s skill. (Paywall). Every time he touches the puck you can see that he has talent.
Winnipeg Sun: Jets blow lead, fall 4-3 to Oilers in OT. It looked like the Jets would be heading to OT last night as we entered the 3rd period simply because they were playing a league mandated 3 on 3 OT. Instead three 3rd period goals had them playing OT for real. Ken breaks down the game.
Winnipeg Sun: Copp flying under the radar. He played his third pre season game last night as the Jets brass give him a long look as they try to ascertain whether he can fill a role for them this season.
Edmonton Journal: Oilers claw back from 3-0 deficit for 4-3 overtime win. Read about the game from a beat writer who covers the Jets opposition.
Global News: How Mark Scheifele bulked up. Perhaps the DNA diet will spread but I suspect it may be limited to professional athletes.
Oilers 4 Jets 3 in OT:
Edmonton Oilers: Rob Klinkhammer, Nail Yakupov and Coach McLellan. To listen click here.
Winnipeg Jets: Ondrej Pavelec, Nic Petan and Andrew Copp. To listen click here.
Coach Maurice post-game presser: Coach Maurice met with the media following the game against Edmonton. To listen click here.
Jets on a Deadline: Game recaps, post-game audio, video highlights and the NHL.com 3 Stars of the night. Click here.